An Opinion: Movie-makers are not keeping up with reader/moviegoer
desires
Egad! Ugh! Really? They
are making another Superman movie, and I am so not stoked about it, how many
men have played superman at this point? And didn’t Toby McGuire just step out
of his Spidey costume like last year and here we have a "new" Spiderman movie?
Really? And I still remember The Great Gatsby with Robert Redford, now I hear that soon it will star Dicaprio-umm ok. Why are we constantly remaking the old—I want to
see a new voice at the theater. I vote for freshness in a movie experience and
here are some of my top book picks—listen up screenwriters and movie moguls! What
do movie goers want? (HINT no more tired comic book heroes please)…
Action Adventure
Hawke by Ted Bell, stolen directly from my husband’s
nightstand, would translate into a great action adventure movie. There is so
much story and action in this book, plus a great new character of Hawke, an
interesting jack of all trades spy guy! A perfect action hero with a new story!
Beach Road by James Patterson-- I chose this Patterson novel
because it is a one off, it is not an Alex Cross novel. Beach Road is a combo
of action, legal thriller, and drama with a twist. It could really be something
at the box office if they cast the right male lead.
Sci Fi
The Night Circus is so visually vivid and creative-- I
want to see this luminous and magical book come to life. Much CGI and a great
costume artist will be needed.
Drama
The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Society, I loved the book, this
is a must! I have written about this book before, and have told the reader to
get over the title and read it. Set in WWII, the story follows Julia a budding
journalist and her letters to the small island of Guernsey. And, I just Googled
it, it will be a movie in 2013! Right now Kate Winslet is slated to star (love
her!) YEAH! Thanks for listening Hollywood!
Arcadia Falls, I chose this because fairy tale movies are so hot
right now, and this has a great back story. Arcadia Falls is a wonderfully woven fairy tale which combines a
modern tale and a past mystery with an intertwining changeling story. I’d love
to see the cinematography as it flits between the past and present as they
start to interlace…this could be eerie and magical!
What
books would you like to see on the big screen? Some other books that would
translate well to the big screen include: Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, Sister, The Seville
Communion (I hold out hope that Brad Pitt will take the lead role as a priest).
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